Railway-tie.



C. HADCOCK. I

RAILWAY TlE.

APPLICATION HLED APR.26, 1915.

l 481,585, f Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

In venor f 5g, gli @M CARL HADCOCK, O GLVERSVLLE, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNGR OFONE-THIRD TO WINNE CONTBYMAN AND ONE-THERE TO GRANT STANTON, BOTH 0FGLOVERSVILLE, NEVI YORK.

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Specicaton of Letters Eatent.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, CARL Hanscom a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Gloversville, county of Fulton, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part oi this speciiication.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several igures therein.j

The principal object of the invention is to securely support a railwayrail with freedom for limited downward yielding, movement of the rail.

Figure l of the drawings is a view partly in side elevation and partlyin vertical section, showing two railway rails supported and securedupon a cross-tie invaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of the same taken on the broken line 2-2 in Fig. lu

.Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, l is an ordinary railway rail, and 2 is a channeled cross-tiehaving upright side flanges provided with notches, 3--3, adapted toreceive the base ot the rail, which notches are of sufficient depth topermit a limited vertical movement of the rail without permitting thebase of the rail to escape from the notches.

A pair of levers, 4, are pivotally mounted at 5-5 within the channeledtie on opposite sides of the notches, 3-3, whieh levers, H, have notchedor recessed jaws, 6 6, on their neighboring ends adapted to receive theopposite edges of the base-flange of the rail. Stops, 7--7, which maybecrossbolts extending across the tie-channel, are located in the paths ofthe respective levers, 1 -t, to limit the upward movement of the jaws,@-5, suiiiciently to prevent the base of the rail from rising above thelevel et the top of the side flanges of the channeled tic, and thusescaping from the notches, 3-3. The levers, e--a are thus mounted withfreedom,

t@ ter downward sacrement et the jaws, evt,

permitting the j aws to yield toa downward. movement of the rail, l.

A coil-spring, S, is mounted within the channeled tie in position toengage the base of the rail, l, which spring is adapted t0 L' normallysupport thebase of the rail above the bottom of the respective notches,S-f, and at the limit oit upward movement permitted the jaws, G-6, bythe stops, 7-7.

The spring, is preferably made of sufticient strength to yieldinglysupport the load passing' over the rail, but if the rail be subjected toan excessive load, the bottoms ot the notches, Lor-3, afford a positivesupport for the rail, should the spring be unable to support the entireload.

The spring, S, is preferably inclo'sed and supported by a barrel, 9,mounted upon the bottom of the. channeled tie between the upright sideianges of the tie. l

What l claim as new and desire to secure b v Letters Patent is l'. ln adevice of the class described, and in combination,a channeled cross-tienotched on its upper side to receive the base-Harige of a rail; a pairof levers pivotally mounted within the channeled tie on opposite sidesof said notch, said levers having recessed jaws adapted to engage theopposite edges of the base-Harige of the rail and being mounted withfreedom for downward movement of said jaws; stops in the paths of saidlevers to limit the upward movement of said jaws; and a spring mountedwithin the channeled tie in position to engage the bottom of the railand to support the rail normally above the bottom of the notch in thetie.

2. In a device of the class described, and in combination, a channeledcross-tie having upright side 'flanges notched to receive thebase-dangle of a rail; a pair of levers pivotally mounted within thechanneled tie on opposite sides of said notch. said levers having`recessed jaws adapted to engage the opposite edges of the base-flange ofthe rail and being mounted with freedom for downward movement of saidjaws; stops in the paths of said levers i movement ot seid :laws: aspring-supporting to limit the upwardy barrel mounted upon the bottom ofthe `In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set channeled tie in linewith said notches; and my hand this 6th dey of April, 1915.

a coil-spring mounted Within said barrel CARL HADCOCK. adapted to engagethe bottom of the rail and VtneSSeS: 5 to support the rail normallyabove the bot- MAJENDIE JOHNSTON,

tom of said notches. LAZARUS RUBINS.

